- from inire, "to enter" in the ****ual sense.
Other names for the god were
Fatuus and
Fatuclus (with a
short a).
Walter Friedrich Otto
disputed the traditional...
- ghost-lights, or orbs by folklorists. The
Latin name
ignis fatuus is
composed of ignis,
meaning 'fire' and
fatuus, an
adjective meaning 'foolish', 'silly' or 'simple';...
-
Ignis Fatuus, or
Ghost Ship, is a walk-through
horror attraction on the Mariner's
Landing Pier at Morey's
Piers amu****t park
located in Wildwood, New...
-
Selenophorus fatuus is a
species of
ground beetle in the
family Carabidae. It is
found in
North America. "Selenophorus
fatuus Report".
Integrated Taxonomic...
- Latins. His
shade was
consulted as a
goddess of
prophecy under the name of
Fatuus, with
oracles in the
sacred grove of Tibur,
around the well Albunea, and...
-
English simply as Lulach, and
nicknamed Tairbith, "the Unfortunate" and
Fatuus, "the Simple-minded" or "the Foolish"; c. 1032 – 17
March 1058) was King...
- jack-o'-lantern was
originally used to
describe the
visual phenomenon ignis fatuus (lit., "foolish fire")
known as a will-o'-the-wisp in
English folklore....
-
Elaphropus fatuus is a
species of
ground beetle in the
subfamily Trechinae. It was
described by
Casey in 1918. "Elaphropus
fatuus (Casey, 1918)". Catalogue...
- folklore, jack-o'-lantern is an
alternative term for will-o'-the-wisp or
ignis fatuus, an
unearthly light which attracts travellers In
Irish folklore, jack-o'-lantern...
- but can see the
light of
their candles,
floating in the air like
ignis fatuus or will-o'-the-wisp (similar to the "spook lights" in the
rural USA or "jack...
